Lon-  I am sorry for your loss. It saddens me to see all these other addicts never get a chance at recovery and there's soo many.  Many more than are even in the rooms, I presume.  Yes this disease is a matter of life or death.  It always "helps" to be reminded of that so I understand what you are saying.  Someone who does not might see that as cold.  I just wanted to Thank you for being here.  You reply to every post and you always have something encouraging to say.  Its awesome to "watch" the miracle alive in your life.

Danielle

heard this Prayer before ????

      GOD BLESS ALL THE ADDICTS WHEREVER THEY MAY BE,

      LEAD THOSE WHO ARE IN MOST NEED OF RECOVERY,

      LEAD THEM ALL INTO THIS  WONDERFUL,MIRACLE FILLED FELLOWSHIP

       THAT THROUGH YOU THEY MAY FIND IN THE 12 STEP TRADITION,

       WHAT WE AND COUNTLESS OTHERS IN OUR WORLD WIDE FELLOWSHIP OF NA HAVE  

       FOUND,,

       KEEP US IN RECOVERY, WHO ARE HERE TODAY,

       GIVE US THE HEALING THE GRATITUDE AND THE MESSAGE SO WE WILL STAY,

       THEN GIVE GRACE TO THOSE WHO ARE ON THE WAY,

       THAT THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BELIEVE NOW, IN YOUR TIME THEY WILL RECOVER TOO,,

       AND NOT SHY AWAY,,,

       BUT HIGHER POWER,,SHOW COMPASSION AND MERCY TO THOSE WHO WILL NEVER  

       COME !!!!

      

 

-- Edited by Raman at 05:58, 2006-01-24

Confused,
I don't quite understand where you are classifying yourself, that is, if you or a loved one was/is an addict. Narcotics Anonymous meetings are held almost everywhere, and many are "open" meetings, meaning they are open t anyone who wishes to attend them. Closed meetings are for addicts only. If you have4 a loved one who is an addict a NarAnon or AlAnon meeting would be appropriate for you to attend, but you would also be welcome at an"open" NA meeting. Most meetings stock pamphlets and booklets that are free for anyone attending to take. My home group only charges for the full-size books. The pamphlets are paid for through donations of the addicts attending the meeting. You can also find NA literature online at
( http://www.na.org/ips/eng/index.htm).

I hope this will help, feel free to post more questions if you wish, we will try to answer.

Lon

Confused,
Look at http://www.naranon.com/ and/or http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/. They are organizations for family and friends of addicts, (yes I consider alcohol a drug, and excess alcohol an addiction). If you grew up in a family where a parent or parents were addicts/alcoholics perhaps a peek at http://www.adultchildren.org/ would help too. Often the relationship choices we make are similar to those we learned to be "normal" (at least to us) while we were growing up.

Lon